High-frequency vertical wheel-rail contact forces-Field measurements and influence of track irregularities

Wear

Volumn 265, Issue 9-10, 2008, Pages 1472-1478

  Gullers, Per ^a   Andersson, Lars ^a   Lundén, Roger ^b  

^a Interfleet Technology AB   (Sweden)

^b CHALMERS UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Computer modelling; Field measurements; Rail corrugation; Rolling contact fatigue; Vertical dynamics; Wheel rail contact forces

Indexed keywords

CHANNEL CAPACITY; DYNAMICS; ELECTRIC FIELD MEASUREMENT; LOCOMOTIVES; RAILROAD CARS; RAILROADS; RAILS; SIGNAL PROCESSING; VEHICLE WHEELS; WHEELS;

(SPM) CLASSES; CONTACT FORCES; DYNAMIC FORCING; FIELD MEASUREMENTS; FREIGHT TRAFFIC; FREQUENCY RANGING; HIGH SPEED TRAIN (HST); HIGH-FREQUENCY (HF); HIGH-FREQUENCY DYNAMICS; INSTRUMENTED WHEELS; NEW METHODS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RAIL CORRUGATIONS; RAILWAY NETWORKS; ROLLING CONTACT FATIGUE (RCF); TRACK IRREGULARITIES; TRAIN TRAFFIC; WHEEL RAIL CONTACT FORCES;

RAILROAD ROLLING STOCK;

EID: 48149089626     PISSN: 00431648     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.wear.2008.02.035     Document Type: Article

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